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His love for children made him very successful as an instructor and his business experience and his experience as superintendent of schools made him an organizer and executive officer of unquestioned power.
His memory will be kept green for many a year, his death takes from our city a man whom we can ill spare and one whose place cannot be filled.
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EXPENDITURES FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1893-1894.
Salaries of teachers, janitor, Adver- tising, Books, Stationery and Sundries $4,446 49
Water
E. Murphy care of grounds 15 00
24 00
C. Patch & Son wood
21 01
A. J. Richards & Son coal 214 97
A. F. Bussell likeness of Dr. Everett 35 00
$4,756 47 CHARLES A. HOW LAND,
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JOHN O. HALL,
FRED B. RICE,
H. O. FAIRBANKS,
W. G. A. PATTEE, MERTON S. KEITH.
Board of Managers.
Report of Managers of the Woodward Fund.
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To the City Council :
In the early part of the year the schoolhouse was furnished and some changes in the internal arrangement of the basement were made. The grading of the lot was partially accomplished, so that the building might be used, the remainder of the work being postponed until the final determination of any future alterations in the structure. No sooner had the building been occupied than we were notified that it was insufficient in size and deficient in the arrangement of the rooms. After listening to the suggestions of the Board of Instruction and of the Prin- cipal of the Institute, we engaged the services of four architects, to prepare plans for an addition to the present building, which should provide ample accommodations for a long time to come. The plans were received and examined, and we then deemed it prudent to submit them to a practical builder to obtain a disin- terested estimate of the probable cost. The report received was to the effect that a building such as was indicated could not be completed under from thirty-five to forty thousand dollars. This sum, we thought, was more than should be applied to that purpose. We feared that if such a large amount was taken from the Fund and invested in a building, the income from the
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remainder would not be enough to support the school as it ought to be supported. In this opinion the Board of Instruction coin- cided. In consequence, after consultation, the number of rooms was reduced and we are now having plans prepared on a basis which we hope will allow sufficient accommodations and at the same time, by not depleting the Fund, leave an income sufficient to maintain the school in a suitable manner.
In regard to the investment of the Fund we have concluded that it would be the best policy to sell some of the bonds now for a long time in our possession, and to purchase mortgages on real estate in Quincy or its immediate neighborhood. In this way it is believed that the rate of interest on the Fund can be materially increased, and the future prosperity of the school more completely assured.
During the year we have purchased, on very favorable terms, the Sheen property at the corner of Linden place and Greenleaf street, adjoining the schoolhouse lot. It was thought that perhaps at some time its convenient location might render it a desirable residence for the Principal of the school, and it was also considered best that the property should be under our control.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM A. HODGES, CLARENCE BURGIN, HARRISON A. KEITH, JOHN O. HALL, CHRISTOPHER A. SPEAR,
Managers.
Woodward Fund and Property.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
To, the Board of Managers of the Woodward Fund of the City of Quincy :
GENTLEMEN :- I have the honor to submit the following report of the receipts and expenditures of the Woodward Fund for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1894. Also a statement of the securities in which said Fund is invested.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand January 1, 1894 . Received from loans to the City of Quincy $27,000 00
$1,837 39
Interest on Loans to City of Quincy 1,669 37
5,505 43
On loans secured by mortgage . Interest on loans secured by mort- gage ·
2,841 47
Rents from sundry persons
1,201 05
Dividend on 25 shares Mount Wol-
laston Bank . ·
150 00
Amounts carried forward, . $38,367 32
$1,837 39
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Amounts brought forward, . $38,367 32 $1,837 39
Dividend on 4 bonds Philadelphia Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad 200 00
Dividend on 4 bonds Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad 200 00
Dividend on 2 bonds Old Colony Railroad 120 00
Dividend on 10 bonds Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy Railroad .. 500 00
Dividend on 7 bonds Boston & Lowell Railroad . 350 00
Dividend on 5 bonds Union Pacific & Lincoln Railroad . Dividend on 10 bonds New York & New England Railroad .
150 00
300 00
Dividend on 7 bonds Fitchburg Railroad 315 00
Dividend on 5 bonds Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad 250 00
Dividend on 5 bonds Eastern Rail- road 300 00
Dividend on 14 bonds Consolidated Railroad of Vermont ; 540 00 · Dividend on 66 shares Fitchburg Railroad 198 00 . Dividend on 148 shares Old Colony Railroad 1,036 00
Dividend on 27 shares Boston & Albany Railroad . 216 00 · · Dividend on 3 bonds City of Cam- bridge . 180 00
Dividend on 5 bonds City of Cleve- land ·
200 00
Dividend on 3 bonds City of Lynn 180 00
Amounts carried forward, . $13,602 32
$1,837 39
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Amounts brought forward, . $43,602 32 $1,837 39
Dividend on 5 bonds City of She- boygan 225 00
Dividend on 4 bonds City of Boston
200 00
Dividend on 10 bonds City of Min- neapolis 425 00
Dividend on 7 bonds Town of Wey- mouth . 280 00
Dividend on 10 bonds Town of Paw- tucket .
250 00
Interest on balance Mt. Wollaston Bank
310 58
Books sold to pupils
583 21
T. R. Reading, cash refunded .
7 02
Total Receipts
$45,883 13
$47,720 52
EXPENDITURES.
The amounts disbursed and charged to sundry accounts are as follows :
Loans secured by mortgage $18,405 43
On bills approved by Board of In- struction ·
8,725 06
Survey of lot, H. T. Whitman
6 46
Austin & Winslow Express Co., ex- pressing 29 89
James F. Burke, P. M., postage
2 18
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. rent of safe . 25 00
T. Casey, labor cleaning cesspool
3 00
/
Amount carried forward. $27,197 02
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Amount brought forward, .
$27,197 02 Williams & Anderson, legal fees costs etc., City of Quincy vs. Trustees Dartmouth College 420 14 W. W. Jenness, examing title Sheen property 10 75
W. Porter & Co., insurance on Sheen property 15 00
D. J. Roche, labor Murphy house Greenleaf street 5 00
Taxes, W. H. Brasee, collector 256 96
Wales Bros. pump, Murphy house Greenleaf st. 28 00
McGovern Bros., cash box
3 00
E. P. Howland, insurance Sheen property .
9 50
B. Johnson, lumber 25 29 .
E. A. Adams, executrix, Salary B. N. Adams, Treasurer to September 1, ·
200 00
W. A. Hodges, witness fee, case City of Quincy vs. Trustees Dartmouth college ·
10 00
Horace B. Spear, witness fee, case City of Quincy vs. Trustees Dartmouth college ·
10 00
H. A. Keith, assistance, City of Quincy vs. Dartmouth col- lege ·
5 00
Minnie M. Rodgers, examining
piano 5 00
R. D. Chase, insurance on Sherman house . 3 75
F. F. Green, printing .
1 75
Amount carried forward, . $28,206 16
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Amount brought forward $28,206 16
W. Porter & Co. ir surance on furni-
ture, ete. Institute 90 00
Clarence Burgin, salary as Treasurer from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31
100 00
H. A. Keith, salary as Secretary
150 00
Sheen Property equity
2,136 67
D. J. Roche, labor 149 28
Gavin & Hirtle, labor
1 95
Gavin & Hirtle, labor
11 02
Gavin & Hirtle, labor,
9 33-
B. Johnson, lumber
62 45
Webster & Guess, labor .
110 00
Webster & Guess, labor .
58 18
F. T. Appleton, labor, Sheen house
21 45
Harkins Bros., labor, Sheen house . 8 50
E. S. Beckford & Co., labor 4 75
Sanborn & Damon, labor, Sheen house 70 53
City of Quincy, improvement of lot
102 70-
Fuller Warren, Co. heating and ventilating
766 68 -
John Clark, labor
61 79
Charles E. Hall, marble fountains
18 00
Wm. Patterson, grading lot
244 71
Wm. Patterson, grading lot
108 00
Bailey & Hussey
16 20
D. J. Roche, labor
492 58
B. Johnson, lumber
263 51
J. J. Keniley, labor 109 66
A. J. Richards & Son, drain pipe 1 45
J. O. Holden, wall clocks etc. ·
61 40
Gallagher Ex. Co, express 5 84
City of Quincy, edgestones and set-
ing same
64 69
Amount carried forward, . 833,507 48
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Amount brought forward, . $33,507 48
Chandler Chair Co. desks and chairs 847 27
S. R. Reading, fencing, etc. 36 02
A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., door 3 00
Albany Venetian Blind Co., blinds etc. 6 15
Paine Furniture Co., desks and chairs 61 36
D. J. Roche, labor ,
320 07
H. F. Miller & Son Piano Co., piano 660 00
Foster Bros., furnace, Sheen house
145 00
Total expenditure .
$35,586 35 Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1894 12,134 17
$47,720 52
INCOME ACCOUNT .- 1894.
Dr, Cr.
Received from Investments,
$12,787 47
Expense of Fund
$1,560 67
Expense Institute "Bills approved by Board of Instruction "
less amount received for books sold 8,141 85
Transferred to premium account
500 00
Unexpended balance for use of Board of Instruction .
2,584 95
12,787 47
12,787 47
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MAINTENANCE OF INSTITUTE.
Teachers' salaries $5,142 50
Janitor's salary 301 75
James W. Rideout, labor 71 00
Board of Instruction, travelling expenses 33 18
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 43 17
Allan & Co., printing
4 08
W. Porter & Co., insurance
60 00
Frank F. Crane, brushes, brooms, mops, etc. . 9 96
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 174 44
Board of Instruction, travelling expenses, stamps, etc. 15 73
Carrie E. Small, travelling ex- penses, stationery, etc. 32 20
Green & Prescott, advertising and printing 24 00
Cephas Drew, et al., distributing Prospectus › 16 80
C. S. Hubbard, cheese cloth
50
John W. Nash, sponges, etc.
2 30
Frank F. Crane, mats, curtains, etc.
136 90
N. J. Bartlett & Co., books .
568 25
E. E. Babb & Co., stationery
·
78 72
Thorp, Martin Co., stationery . .
9 35
Smith Typewriter Co., type- writer, cover and stand
140 00
Wycoff, Seamans & Benedict, typewriter
70 00
Ginn & Co., books .
35 17
John W. Nash, sundries
23 28
Carrie E. Small, postage and sundries -
7 24
Amount carried forward, · $7,000 52
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Amount brought forward, $7,000 52.
C. G. Franklin, sundries
70
Abbott & Miller, expressing
75
McGovern Bros., book
75
C. B. Tilton, keys .
1 05
N. Y. & B. D. Ex. Co., expressing .
2 15
Otis Clapp & Son, books 5 06
Peabody, Whitney Co., baskets
16 75
E. O. Vaile
10 80
J. H. Pray Sons & Co., rugs,
81 50
E. E. Babb & Co., stationery . .
3 50
E. E. Babb & Co., drawing cases etc., Franklin Educational Co., apparatus
33 19
Thorp, Martin Co., stationery
40
N. J. Bartlett & Co., books
154 11
Green & Prescott, books and printing 34 75
John W. Nash, sundries
30 75
N. Y. &. B. D. Ex. Co., expressing 1 95
N. J. Bartlett & Co., chart
15 00
Chandler Chair Co., settees
103 50
Abbott & Miller, expressing
1 25
E. E. Babb & Co., stationery
33 60
Balch Bros., sundries
16 00
A. S. Burbank, stationery
5 60
Cambridge Botanical Supply Co., microscope, etc. 76 05.
D. Appleton & Co., cyclopædia 7 00
De Wolfe, Fisk & Co., books . 59 50
A. & W. Express Co., expressing 13 90
N. Y. & B. D. Ex. Co., expressing . 50
N. J. Bartlett & Co., books
448 88
H. K. W. Hall, drawing paper
6 00
Edwin E. Babb & Co., stationery ·
2 62.
Amount carried forward, . $8,180 97
12 89
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Amount brought forward, $8,180 97
John W. Nash, sponges, basket, etc. 9 55
N. J. Bartlett & Co., books 36 62
The Review of Reviews, subscription Old Colony Bindery, paste-board Carrie E. Small, chairs, etc.
2 50
3 60
12 45
D. Appleton & Co., books
28 00
Public Opinion Co., subscription
3 78
E. O. Vaile, publications
76 80
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., books
7 50
Flynn & Mahoney, books
2 10
E. E. Babb & Co., stationery . 7 07
A. & W. Express Co., expressing
12 45
N. Y. & B. D. Ex. Co., expressing .
8 90
Wycoff, Seamans & Benedict supplies 8 25
Paine Furniture Co., chairs, etc.
22 35
Frank F. Crane, keys
2 80
Silver, Burdett & Co., books
1 50
Frost & Adams, drawing-boards and supplies
69 07
N. J. Bartlett & Co., books .
228 80
$8725 06
Less amount received for books sold
583 21
Net expenses 1894
8,141 85
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STATEMENT OF FUND, JANUARY 1, 1895.
Personal property received from
estate of Dr. Ebenezer
Woodward .
$30,089 83
Personal property received from executors of the will of Mrs. Mary A. W. Woodward Land sold ·
51,556 78
78,215 16
Pews sold
120 00
One-third interest in store No. 32 Faneuil Hall Square, Boston, 12,000 00
Income account
148,356 05
Unexpended income, 1894
2,584 95
Less premium account
$322,922 77 2,725 00
320,197 77
INVESTED AS FOLLOWS.
$10,800 bonds Consolidated Rail- road of Vermont . $9,460 00
5 bonds Eastern railroad, $1,000 each, 6 per cent . 5,546 25
13 bonds Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fa Railroad, $1000 each at 4 per cent 11,413 20
2 bonds, Old Colony Railroad, $1,000 each, at 6 per cent 2,047 50
4 bonds, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, $1000 each, at 5 per cent 4,200 00
Amount carried forward, $32,666 95
.
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Amounts brought forward, .
bonds, Boston and Lowell Rail- road, $1,000 each, at 5 per cent
10 bonds, New York and New Eng- land Railroad, $1,000 each, at 6 per cent
+ bonds, Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad, $1,000 each, at 5 per cent
4,440 00
5 bonds, Union Pacific Railroad, $1,000 each, at 5 per cent 5,593 75
7 bonds, Fitchburg Railroad, $1,000 each, at 4 1-2 per cent .
7,000 00
5 bonds, Lincoln and Colorado Rail- road, $1000 each, at 5 per cent 5 bonds, Detroit and Lansing Rail- road, $1,000 each, at 7 per cent .
5,000 00
5,875 00
5 bonds, Boston, Clinton and Fitch- burg Railroad, $1,000 each, at 5 per cent
5,125 00
10 bonds, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, $1,000 each, at 5 per cent
10,762 50
4 bonds, City of Boston, $1,000 each, at 5 per cent ·
4,430 00
3 bonds, City of Cambridge, $1,000 each, at 6 per eent 3,330 00
3 bonds, City of Lynn, $1,000 each, at 6 per cent 3,285 00
5 bonds, City of Cleveland, $1,000 each, at 4 per cent . 5,262 50
5 bonds, City of Minneapolis, $1,000 each, at 4 per cent . 5,125 00
$32,666 95 $32,666 95
7,295 00
1
10,103 75
Amount carried forward, . $115,294 45
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Amount brought forward, . $115,294 45 5 bonds, City of Minneapolis, $1,000 each, at 4 1-2 per cent 5,187 50
5 bonds, City of Sheboygan, $1,000 each, at 4 per cent 5,200 00
7 bonds, Town of Weymouth, $1,000 each, at 4 per cent 7,542 50
10 bonds, Town of Pawtucket, $500 each, at 5 per cent 5,325 00
25 shares Mt. Wollaston bank 3,695 00
27 shares Boston & Albany railroad 4,900 00
148 shares Old Colony railroad
26,640 00
66 shares Fitchburg railroad .
7,260 00
10 shares Consolidated railroad of Vermont 500 00
Loans secured by mortgage
85,383 00.
13 interest, store No. 32 Faneuil 36
Hall square, Boston
12,999 00
New Institute building including foundation and masonry ·
21,085 06
Filling and grading lot .
4,418 06
Equity Sheen property, Greenleaf street . ·
2,634 03
Cash on hand December 31, 1894
12,134 17
$320,197 7%
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COST OF INSTITUTE DEDUCTED.
Amount of fund as per statement $ 320,197 77
New Institute building 22,085 06
Filling and grading lot 4,418 06
26,503 12
Net fund January 1, 1895 $293,694 65
Respectfully submitted, CLARENCE BURGIN,
Treasurer of the Fund.
Quincy, Jan. 1, 1895.
Woodward Institute.
The work of Woodward Institute is only in its initial stage. The time will come when its graduates will be the best annual report that can be sent forth.
There will, however, be no graduates for at least two years, as no pupils applied for admission to any class higher than our third grade. This was anticipated since most scholars in the city High School, within a year or two of graduation, would naturally prefer to complete their course.
The Board of Trustees believes, however, that while the character and standing of the first graduates will be a good criterion of the work of the school, a just estimate of the worth to Quincy of Woodward Institute cannot be formed until those who entered the sixth grade are graduated.
Though it is yet a day of small things, the Trustees have the utmost confidence as to the beneficial results to accrue directly to the pupils, and indirectly to the community, from the work of the cultured principal and her able corps of teachers, most of whom have declined to accept positions elsewhere of greater financial advantage. We cordially appreciate their deep per- sonal interest in the success of the Institute, for which they labor in season and out.
Perhaps as satisfactory a statement as could go before the
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public as to the work of the school and its condition would be Miss Small's Annual Report to the Board of Trustees, which is as follows :
To the Board of Trustees of Woodward Institute,
GENTLEMEN : The Woodward Institute for Girls was opened on Tuesday, April 10, 1894, with seventy-six pupils and seven teachers.
At the close of the school term in June, a reception was given to the people of the city, who, in so generous and friendly a manner, had received and encouraged the new educational enterprise by the reception tendered the teachers on the tenth of May, in the chapel of the First Church.
The second term began Monday, September 10, with (125) one hundred twenty-five pupils and nine teachers. The Depart- ments are arranged as follows :
English .
Natural Science
Modern Languages
Mathematics and Ancient History .
Ancient Languages and Modern History .
Business .
Music
Art
Social Science .
Frances C. Lance Charlotte G. Franklin Kate F. Overman Sarah W. Lane Edith H. Wilder Charlotte J. Burgess Maude E. Rice Georgiana C. Lane Carrie E. Small
The Faculty represents Wellesley, Smith, Radcliffe, Boston University, Bridgewater Normal School and the Boston Normal Art School. Three members of the Faculty have had the ad- vantages of European travel. The teacher of Modern Languages has studied twelve years in Germany, Belgium and Paris.
This school, established for the liberal education of young women, has tried to fulfil the purpose of its Founder. It is not the rival of any school ; it follows no precedent ; it marks out its own pathway. It is essentially a "home" school. The
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young women are taught to feel themselves members of one large family, and to do their best work in the sunshine of loving interest.
The course of study is a broad one, as its careful perusal will show. The object of the Business Course is not merely to pro- duce technical experts, but so to train the mind that when a girl is given work to do, she may readily grasp the requirements of ber employer, and become an intelligent, trust-worthy helper.
The school does not aim to take the place of a college, al- though it offers an extended course of study. It does aim, in- videntally, to fit for college, but especially to prepare for the University of Life, and to this end, it will be ready to extend its course more and more as its income and facilities allow.
The school needs additional accommodations. It lacks a large study-hall, chemical and physical laboratories, drawing- room and studio, rooms for telegraphy, book-keeping and banking, a gymnasium, and a library,-all of which are imperative neces- sities. The present building has six small class-rooms, 25x28 feet. The pupils assemble for morning exercises in the central passage-way on the second floor. The dark lower hall is used as a library and reading-room ; sometimes even the stairways are utilized for this purpose.
Only a dozen more pupils can be received next September, unless action be taken immediately to provide for a larger num- ber. Judging from the first year's record, the rate of increase can safely be reckoned as forty or fifty pupils.
And here would I express to you my sincere appreciation of my associate teachers ; not only for their cordial co-opera- tion and eager assistance in the efforts for the success of our school, but also for their kindly encouragement and unswerving loyalty. To their noble womanliness and able instruction is due not only the increase in knowledge of our girls but their. growth in Character. To Be is greater than To Know.
Respectfully submitted,
CARRIE E. SMALL,
Principal.
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With reference to the plea for enlarged accommodations it should be said that the Board of Finance has in contemplation the erecting of an additional building which will give all or substantially all the accommodations needed.
Inspection of the work of the school on the part of the pub- ilc is urged.
For the Board of Trustees, EDWARD A. ROBINSON, Secretary.
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WOODWARD INSTITUTE
COURSE OF
GRADE VI.
GRADE V.
GRADE IV.
English,
8
English,
8
English,
5
History.
3
History,
3
History,
4
Geography,
3
Geography,
3
Science,
3
Science,
3
Science,
7
Arithmetic,
4
Arithmetic,
4
Geometry.
1
Geometry.
1
Geometry,
3
News of the Day.
1
News of the Day.
1
News of the Day.
1
Drawing,
1
Drawing.
1
Drawing,
1
Music,
1
Music.
1
Music.
1
Manual Training.
1
Manual Training.
1
Physical Training,
1
Physical Training,
1
ELECTIVES.
ELECTIVES.
ELECTIVES.
German
Latin,
3
Latin. 5
French,
S
3
German ) or
3
French. 1
French, 3
Bookkeeping and
3
Commercial Law, )
German. 3
This course of study is tentative and will be subject to whatever change the best interests of the school may demand.
The number following a study represents the number of recitations per week.
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FOR GIRLS.
STUDY.
GRADE III.
GRADE II.
GRADE I.
English,
6
English
6
English, 6
History,
4
History,
2
History,
2
Physical Geography, 3
Political Economy, 2
Science,
3
Science,
3
Science, 4
Algebra,
4
Algebra.
4
Math. Reviews,
2
Geometry.
4
Geometry,
4
News of the Day.
1
News of the Day.
1
News of the Day,
1
Drawing,
1
Drawing.
1
Drawing,
1
Music,
1
Music.
1
Music,
1
ELECTIVES.
ELECTIVES.
ELECTIVES.
Latin,
5
Latin,
5
Latin,
5
German,
3
German,
3
German, 3
French,
3
French,
3
French,
3
Greek,
5
Greek,
4
Greek,
4
Telegraphy,
3
Stenography,
3
Type Writing,
3
NOTE.
An Elective may take the place of either Algebra or Science. The entire business course may be com- pleted at the close of this year.
NOTE.
If three foreign lan- guages be elected in the college course, History and Science may be omitted.
An Elective may be substituted for either Algebra or Geometry.
NOTE.
If three foreign lan- guages be elected in the college course, Science may be omitted, as also either History or Political Economy.
Annual Report For 1894,
Quincy Public Schools.
School Committee for 1894.
At Large.
DR. JOHN A. GORDON
Term expires 1894
DR. JOSEPH M. SHEAHAN .
66
1895
DR. GEORGE B. RICE
66
1896
By Wards.
Ward 1. CHARLES II. PORTER
Term expires 1894
Ward 2. JAMES F. HARLOW
66 1895
Ward 3. EMERY L. CRANE .
“ 1895
Ward 4. WILLIAM D. BURNS
66 1896
Ward 5. WENDELL G. CORTHELL
66 1894
Ward 6. THOMAS GURNEY . .
66 1896
Chairman of the School Board. EMERY L. CRANE.
Secretary of the Board and Superintendent of Schools, H. W. LULL.
Office, No. 1 Faxon's Block, Hancock Street.
Hours : Monday, 8 to 9 p. M. ; Tuesday and Thursday, 5 to 6 P. M. ; Friday, 12 to 1 P. M.
The regular meetings of the School Board oocur at eight o'clock P. M. the last Tuesday in each month.
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STANDING SUB=COMMITTEES.
FOR THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
HIGH
.
ADAMS .
CODDINGTON .
JOHN HANCOCK
LINCOLN
QUINCY.
WASHINGTON
WILLARD
WOLLASTON .
Dr. Joseph M. Sheahan Charles H. Porter Dr. John A. Gordon Dr. George B. Rice Emery L. Crane Thomas Gurney James F. Harlow William D. Burns
Wendell G. Corthell
Finance and Salaries,
Messrs. Crane, Corthell and Porter.
Evening Schools.
Messrs. Gordon, Sheahan and Burns.
Books and Supplies, Messrs. Harlow, Corthell and Rice.
Transportation,
Messrs. Sheahan, Gurney and Gordon.
·
Report of School Com= mittee.
To the Citizens of Quincy :
In accordance with the annual custom the report of the School Board is herewith submitted. Since the time when Quincy sprang into sudden prominence as the champion of new ideas in the matter of public school instruction and by her practical demonstration of the value of those ideas, her schools in comparison with those of the same rank in other cities of Massachusetts have constantly maintained a high grade of ex- cellence and remain a proper subject for congratulation. The money appropriated for school purposes though large propor- tionately and burdensome to our taxpayers is yet insufficient to enable us to compete in the matter of salaries with the re- sources of our wealthy neighbors : nevertheless we believe that we do not boast when we say that there are no schools in the country which are better or more favorably known among edu- cators than our own.
This successful result has been made possible largely by the harmony and unity of purpose which have existed between the Board and the Superintendent. The city is fortunate in having in the office of Superintendent of Schools a man of the ability, energy and progressiveness of Mr. Lull, and it has been the policy of the Committee, trusting in his proved discretion, to hamper him in no way in carrying out his ideas of the con- duct of the schools.
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We should not pass over in silence the patient courage of our corps of teachers in the High School contending with every possible disadvantage, who without the most elementary apparatus. of modern teaching have succeeded in keeping up the name of the school. We desire publicly to testify to Mr. Tupper and his. subordinates our full appreciation of their labors.
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